Improvement in seed-planters



' A. WALES.

Corn -Planter. No. 20,749. Patented June 29, 1858.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

A. WVALES, OF PONTIAC, ILLINOIS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 20,749, dated June 29,1858.

To all whom it may concern- Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS WALES, ofPontiac, in the county'of Livingston and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Seed-Planters; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the arrangement of the severalparts, the peculiarities of which will be described.

In order that those skilled in the art may use and manufacture myinvention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the annexed drawing, which-is a perspec- Live view of my machine, Arepresents the frame of the machine. 0 is a cross-piece in the frame, onwhich are erected the uprights B B. F is the driving-wheel of themachine. This wheel is provided with two cranks, g, one on each side,and to which are secured the pitmen It These pitmen connect with alever, 6, i being an extension of said lever, D being a roller which hasits hearings in the uprights B B, through which the levers pass, saidroller D acting as a fulcrum on which the le- "ers i turn. Lever t"connects with a gate, E, c 0 being a portion of said gate which passesdown into the seed-hoppers, theirlowerextremities being so constructedas to act as slides for discharging seed.

As will be seen, there are two pitmen, two cranks, two levers, tworollers D D, two gates E E, and four or more slides connected with andmaking a part of said gates. As one gate is going up the other is goingdown, both dischargingseed as their slides pass down through the severalseed-hoppers.

Difierent kinds of grain may be placed in the several hoppers andplanted at the same time as circumstances may require. I contemplateusing this machine, however, for the purpose more particularly ofplanting corn and pumpkins.

There is a screw at the end of each of the slides used in thecorn-hoppers, so that if the slides drop too much corn the turning ofthe screw will move the block backward or forward, so as to close oropen the aperture through which the corn passes, according ascircumstances may require.

If the machine plants too deep, I use braces d d, fastened to rollers d,to raise or lower, as may be required.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The arrangement of the two cranks g to the wheel f, the pitmen I1. h,the levers Hi i, and rollers D D, with the gates E E, provided withslides a c c, all being constructed and operated in the manner hereinset forth, and for the purpose described.

AUGUSTUS WALES.

Witnesses B. W. GRAY, RoB'r. H. SMITH.

